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China's Inner Mongolia reports 15 confirmed COVID-19 cases

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-10-22 11:00
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A medical worker takes a swab sample from a child for nucleic acid test at a residential area in Ejine Banner of Alshaa League, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Oct 20, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

HOHHOT -- North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region reported 15 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases from 10 am Thursday to 7 am Friday, according to local health authorities.

Fourteen cases were reported in Ejine Banner (county) in Alshaa League (prefecture) and one case was reported in the city of Ereenhot in Xiliin Gol League, the regional health commission said in a statement.

All the new cases in Ejine Banner were detected in an all-inclusive nucleic acid testing aimed at screening COVID-19 infections in the region. The person in the city of Ereenhot who tested positive was earlier put under quarantine for medical observation at a designated site.

The 15 patients have been admitted to designated hospitals for treatment. Epidemiological investigations and further screening for potential infections are underway.

As of 7 am Friday, Inner Mongolia had 30 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases under medical treatment, and their close contacts have all been put under quarantine for medical observation at designated sites, the commission said.

To contain the spread of infections, health authorities in Ejine Banner have launched a third round of all-inclusive nucleic acid testing starting 8 am Friday.

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